The content of this site is free for you to copy, distribute and display, providing that you attribute it to us and do not use it for commercial purposes.

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information on this website. However, we cannot be held responsible for any action an individual takes, or fails to take, as a result of this information.

This is a general information website and as such we provide signposting to resources and information throughout the site including a link to a secure registration form which you can use to apply to take part in the Building Bridges programme.

We are not responsible for the quality or accuracy of information, advice, or support given by any external agencies, organisations and business signposted on this website. All organisations, groups or individuals contacting or using these services must make their own checks as to quality, accuracy, cost and all other matters relating to the services offered or provided.

Use of our services

The Building Bridges programme is a partnership of organisations, led by Community First, who have come together to deliver the Building Better Opportunities programme across Swindon and Wiltshire. The Building Bridges programme is jointly funded by the Big Lottery Fund and the European Social Fund.

Programme Inclusion Criteria

Have the legal right to work in the United Kingdom (including registered refugees)

Be at least 15 years of age

Live in Wiltshire or Swindon

Be unemployed or working less than one hour per week

If you meet all of the ‘Inclusion Criteria’ defined in the list above you are eligible to take part in the programme, you can also ask someone else to register on your behalf.

Programme Exclusion Criteria:

People on zero hours contracts

Asylum seekers

People who are currently in prison.

If you meet any of the ‘Exclusion Criteria’ defined in the list above you will not be able to take part in the programme. You should not attempt to register for the programme or ask anyone else to register on your behalf.

Use of this Website

We reserve the right to halt the service at any time, including (but not limited to) taking the website offline for maintenance, redesign, updates or other reasons which may be necessary from time to time.

We may stop your access to the site, or any parts of it, such as we see fit and reserve the right to remove or edit any material on this site at any time.

We have the right to reuse and reproduce all posts or content made on the site. In the future, we may collect posts and republish them, for example, on other websites or publications. We will not use your name or personal details without your permission.

We do not check posts and messages on this website before they go live. While the administrators of this website will attempt to remove or edit any generally objectionable material as soon as we are notified or detect it, it is impossible to review every message.

You understand the content on this website is made in an individual capacity and expresses only the views of its author. It does not necessarily represent the views of the author’s employer. You understand that the content on this website does not necessarily reflect the views of the Building Bridges programme, its partners, its funders the Big Lottery Fund and the European Social Fund or the views of any other organisation (directly or indirectly).

You agree to notify us if you see anything you consider might be inappropriate.

You agree that these terms and conditions are subject to change at any time. You must read the terms and conditions regularly, continued use of the site constitutes your agreement to them. If you have any questions about these terms and conditions, please email hello@buildingbridgessw.org.uk

In Detail – Manner of Using the Website

The following Terms of Service apply to your use of this website. You are solely responsible for your conduct and your content on the website and compliance with these terms. By registering with us or using or browsing this website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these terms.

This website is not directed to anyone younger than 15 years of age and is offered only to users 15 years of age or older. Any person who provides their personal information through this website represents that they are 15 years of age or older.

You agree that you will not post, email or make available any content or use this Website:

In a manner that infringes, violates or misappropriates any third party’s intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights or contractual rights;

In a manner that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;

To engage in spamming, “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes”, advertisement of illegal or controlled products or services, or other advertising or marketing activities that violate these Terms and Conditions, any applicable laws, regulations or generally-accepted advertising industry guidelines;

In a manner that is misleading, deceptive or fraudulent or otherwise illegal or promotes illegal activities, including engaging in phishing or otherwise obtaining financial or other personal information in a misleading manner or for fraudulent or misleading purposes;

In a manner that is libellous or defamatory, or in a way that is otherwise threatening, abusive, violent, harassing, malicious or harmful to any person or entity, or invasive of another’s privacy;

In a manner that is harmful to minors in any way;

In a manner that is hateful or discriminatory based on race, color, sex, religion, nationality, ethnic or national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation or age or is otherwise objectionable;

To impersonate any other person, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity, or to obtain access to this website without authorisation;

To interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of this Website or prevent others from using this Website, or in a manner that disrupts the normal flow of dialogue with an excessive number of messages (DDOS attack) to this Website, or that otherwise negatively affects other persons’ ability to use this Website;

To use any manual or automated means, including agents, robots, scripts, or spiders, to access or manage any user’s account or to monitor or copy this Website or the content contained therein;

To facilitate the unlawful distribution of copyrighted content;

In a manner that includes personal or identifying information about another person without that person’s explicit consent;

In a manner that employs misleading email or IP addresses, or forged headers or otherwise manipulated identifiers in order to disguise the origin of content transmitted through this Website or to users; and

In a manner that constitutes or contains any form of advertising or solicitation if emailed to users who have requested not to be contacted about other services, products or commercial interests.

Additionally, you agree not to:

“Stalk” or otherwise harass anyone;

Collect, use or disclose data, including personal information, about other users without their consent or for unlawful purposes or in violation of applicable law or regulations;

Request, solicit or otherwise obtain access to usernames, passwords or other authentication credentials from any member of this Website or to proxy authentication credentials for any member of this Website for the purposes of automating logins to this Website;

Post any content containing child pornography to this Website;

Post any content that depicts or contains rape, extreme violence, murder, bestiality, incest, or other similar content;

Post any content that constitutes pornography, contains nudity, or is adult in nature;

Use automated means, including spiders, robots, crawlers, data mining tools, or the like to download data from this Website – except for Internet search engines (e.g. Google) and non-commercial public archives (e.g. archive.org) that comply with our robots.txt file, or “well-behaved” web services/RSS/Atom clients. We reserve the right to define what we mean by “well-behaved”;

Post irrelevant content, repeatedly post the same or similar content or otherwise impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Website’s infrastructure;

Attempt to gain unauthorised access to our computer systems or engage in any activity that disrupts, diminishes the quality of, interferes with the performance of, or impairs the functionality of, this Website;

Use this Website as a generic file hosting service;

Take any action that may undermine the feedback or ratings systems (such as displaying, importing or exporting feedback information off of this Website or for using it for purposes unrelated to this Website); and

Develop invoke, or utilise any code to disrupt, diminish the quality of, interfere with the performance of, or impair the functionality of this Website.

Our site may contain links to and from the websites of our partner websites, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that they have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

You agree not to authorise or encourage any third party to use this Website to facilitate any of the foregoing prohibited conduct.

You also agree that these Website Terms and Conditions inure to the benefit of our service providers (including our Website platform provider) and that they may take action (including the removal of your content and disabling of your account) in order to maintain compliance with these Website Terms and Conditions.

Technology and hosting for aspects of this Website are provided by this Website’s online service provider. However, the Building Bridges programme controls the content and policy of this Website, including those pages served by such service providers on behalf of this Website.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, by using or browsing this Website you agree to indemnify and hold harmless such service providers on all matters related to your interaction with others using this Website and participation with this Website.

Changes to our Policy

Any changes we may make to our website Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email.

Our Funding

The Building Bridges programme is jointly funded the European Social Fund and the National Lottery, via the Big Lottery Fund. Find out more about our funding and the partners involved in supporting the Building Bridges programme in Wiltshire and Swindon.

About the Programme

The Building Bridges programme supports people across Swindon and Wiltshire who are facing significant challenges in being able to develop their skills, access education or move towards the world of work. The programme is a partnership of organisations who are experts at supporting people and giving them the skills and confidence they need to move forward. Taking part in the programme is voluntary and all of the advice and support is offered free of charge.

The programme is jointly funded by the European Social Fund and the National Lottery, via the Big Lottery Fund.